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Thursday, 8 December 2011

‘Twelve Days’ day 3: Coconut ‘snowfall’ cookies

Today I have a double whammy for you- one batch of cookie
mixture baked two ways:

Coconut spritz snowflakes

&

Coconut macaroon snowballs

…your choice! (or to save the decision making go for
both)

I had originally trialled a number of spritz cookie
recipes a few months back. I found the trickiest part was keeping the cookie
crisp after day 1. Having tried a few different recipes I have now come to the
conclusion that the spritz cookies are best eaten on the day they are made, or
warmed in the oven to bring back that crisp edge on subsequent days. They could probably be frozen and then heated
through in the oven- note I haven’t actually tried this.

The idea for the macaroons came from a post I’d seen on
Oh she Glows a few months back, I then tweaked both the macaroon recipe and my
own spritz cookie recipe so that they used the same ingredient base.

I love getting two very different cookies out of one mix-
half the work for twice the fun!!

Recipe: Coconut ‘snowfall’ cookies

Ingredients

200g coconut butter

30g fine desiccated coconut

50g agave and ¼ tsp pinch of stevia

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 tsp almond essence

A pinch of salt

70g arrowroot powder (corn starch or tapioca starch would
probably also work but I haven’t tested them)

Melt coconut butter (or make your own) and once nice a
drippy add all the other ingredients. Mix together well and divide dough into
halves if making both cookie types.

Spritz cookies: make these first whilst the mixture is still nice
and pliable. Spoon into a robust piping bag with a large nozzle attachment and
pipe circles or snowflakes shapes onto a lined baking sheet. If the dough is
too stiff (which is likely) add a little coconut cream/soy yoghurt (as little as possible as too
much will reduce the crispness of the cookie).

Macaroons: form small balls of the dough and roll in the extra
coconut before placing on the lined baking sheet.

Bake for approx. 10-15 mins at
180C until lightly golden at the endges. Spritz cookies will need no longer
than 10 minutes so keep a close eye on them. Allow to cool fully before
removing from the sheet.

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